Christmas Figurative Language

The Christmas alphabet has noel.

• onomatopoeia

• pun

• alliteration

• simile

Christmas cookies are my diet's Achilles heel.

• pun

• hyperbole

• simile

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4

Santa cleans his sleigh with Santa-tizer.

• pun

• hyperbole

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

My son is such a Grinch in the morning; always grumbling about brushing his teeth and getting dressed.

• simile

• allusion

• oxymoron

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The aroma from the tree waltzed over to me.

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The stocking was exploding with presents.

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Don't be left out in the cold. Make sure you do your Christmas shopping early this year.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.RL.5.4

The tree was a statue of ornaments.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Santa was as quiet as a mouse when he slid down the chimney.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The boy argued like a lawyer trying to convince his mom he hadn't thrown a snowball at his brother.

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4